Leigh Michaels

Leigh Michaels is the pen name for romance author, LeAnn Lemberger. Michaels was born in Iowa in 1954. She attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa and, after only three years, graduated with a degree in journalism where she won a William Randolph Hearst Award for feature-writing. Like most romance writers, Michaels had been a fan of the genre since her early teens. She wrote and burned six manuscripts before submitting one. Harlequin published that novel and to date, Michaels has written over 80 romances for that line. This accomplished novelist and RITA award nominee also teaching romance writing for Gothan Writers’ Workshop. Aside from her fiction, Michaels also writes non-fiction. She lives with her artist-photographer husband in Iowa.

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Everything depends on the baby…
Lady Mariah Gerrard anxiously awaits the birth of her stepmother’s child, desperately hoping for a boy who will inherit their father’s title so Mariah can gain access to her dowry and her freedom. Her father’s cousin John, the next heir in line, has other pl...

Ever since that day in grade school, Emma Parker and Kendall Preston have been best friends, with a mutual need to protect each other from harm. But when a secret from their past becomes a secret in their present, a devastating tragedy threatens to tear apart a relationship that they’ve both alw...

When her girlhood crush blossomed into marriage, Andie believed in a rosy future with the man of her dreams – until Todd's betrayal sent her from the beauty of Minnesota's winters to Atlanta to begin anew. But just a few months later, Todd walks back into Andie’s life – asking for her help.Th...

"A desperate young lady..." When Elinor's guardian arranges her marriage to an elderly merchant interested only in her society connections, she will do anything to sabotage the wedding - even if it means ruining herself by running off with another man. "A gentleman rake..." Who could be a better ch...

Ever since she was abandoned at the age of six, all Samantha Jenkins has wanted is to be adopted. But she doesn’t want just any family; she has a specific one in mind, one that isn’t possible for her.
Join Samantha on her journey through friendship, loss, and the unexpected, as she learns wh...

The wealthy Duke of Weybridge knows that everyone loves a good surprise…and a good scandal. He has bounteous amounts of both for the guests -- particularly for his nieces and nephew, Emily, Isabel, and Lucien -- at his extravagant seventieth birthday ball. They think his promise to improve their ...

Box set including all five titles in Leigh Michaels' McKenna Family series. Each of the McKennas--four brothers and a sister from a close-knit family of Irish descent--has his or her own book, originally published by Harlequin Romance. Includes A Matter of Principal, No Place Like Home, Garrett's B...

You're invited to the wedding of the year!
The Duke of Somervale, whose sister's wedding is the event of the ton, is fighting off debutantes and desperately needs help from beautiful, stubborn Olivia Reyne. But she is engrossed with problems engulfing her dearest friends and family. The last thi...

A family that courts together...
Viscount Ryecroft has a beautiful sister he needs to marry off... if only he had the money for her Season in London.
His family is in financial ruins, and his mother is willing to do anything to help her children, including sell herself to the highe st bidder....

The rules are made to be broken...
When the handsome, rakish Earl of Hawthorne buys the charming house across the back garden from his town home, he never expects the lovely lady he installs there to ensnare him completely...
Again...
After Lady Anne Keighley marries the earl, it seems a s...

IS THE HONEYMOON OVER?When Josh, her sexy firefighter husband, seems to find the fire station -- and the newest firefighter, a luscious blonde named Farrah -- a whole lot more interesting than his wife after just three months of marriage, Beth decides to fight back. But is is already too late? Is t...

With the holiday season fast approaching, Lissa Morgan is in dire straits -- she's stuck without a job, and the roof over her head is definitely temporary! So when a two-week live-in job is offered to her, Lissa snaps it up. What she doesn't realize is that she'll be in close proximity to Kurt Call...

Darcy Malone can't quite believe she's let smooth-talking tycoon Trey Kent talk her into posing as his fiancee for a high-profile TV advertising campaign. In exchange for helping her establish her own business, Trey wants Darcy to act the adoring wife-to-be on and off screen, at least until the pro...

Nikki is always happy to baby-sit for her friend's adorable twins. But now the babies' mom is unavoidably delayed -- and Nikki needs help!
The babies' uncle, Seth Baxter, comes to her rescue! But the man is gorgeous -- can she really spend every minute of every day with him? It's tough, especial...

High-flying career woman Erika Forrester has just inherited the position of CEO of a million dollar company. Erika's fought hard to get where she is and is used to living her life independently -- but for the first time ever Erika needs help: she needs a husband fast!
The winning candidate is go...

The tycoon's marriage merger...
When sexy Wyatt Reynolds strolls into Melanie's office claiming to be her new boss, she's stunned! How can he be in charge when she owns half of the firm? Wyatt is in fact Melanie's new business partner, and he may be God's gift to women but that doesn't stop him ...

For Delainey Hodges things can't get any worse at work...until she finds herself in a very tight corner -- and has to pretend that she's engaged! The man she picks to be her "fiance" is her sexy -- but infuriating -- neighbor Sam Wagner. Sam is happy to play the role of devoted fiance -- even movin...

Macey Phillips is shocked when gorgeous businessman Derek McConnell asks her to find him a wife -- she works for a recruitment agency, not a dating agency! But a family-man image will enable Derek to become a CEO....
Macey agrees to observe Derek's prospective wives and draw up a shortlist, but ...

Gina Haskell has her heart set on her new business venture, but one man stands in her way -- Dez Kerrigan! He's a cool, tough tycoon and he's causing nothing but trouble....
The attraction between them sparkles, but Gina isn't sure she can fall in love with a man who doesn't understand her hopes...

Kim Burnham loves running her own business, and finding a husband is far from the top of her agenda. But her friends are convinced they've found the perfect way to meet eligible men -- too busy with their careers to play the dating game, they decide to throw a party and each invite two gorgeous, un...

For Dana to guarantee a big promotion, she has to win a huge charity donation from hotshot entrepreneur Zeke Ferris. Unfortunately, Zeke is her ex-husband and could prove awkward! Very awkward, actually. He needs a pretend wife -- perhaps they can come to an arrangement...?
Dana is wary of the u...

A marriage of convenience is hardly the most romantic proposal Eve has ever received! But family circumstances, and Eve's conviction that she'll never fall in love again anyway, persuade her to say "I do" to a man she barely knows....
True, David Elliot is ideal husband material. He's handsome, ...

Being the boss's daughter was tough -- especially when Amy found herself temporarily in charge of the company! Worse, her "assistant" was the extremely handsome, dynamic Dylan Copeland. He was so insistent on keeping an eye on her that Amy began to wonder exactly who was in charge!
But was Dylan...

Kathryn is about to walk up the aisle when she discovers her husband-to-be is a sleazy fortune hunter. Undaunted, Kathryn kicks off her designer wedding dress and makes a dramatic escape -- straight into the arms of Jonah Clarke!
Jonah is far too much of a gentleman to let a runaway bride do a v...

When Morganna Ashworth's father died, leaving her his debts, Sloan Montgomery realized he could finally achieve his two lifelong ambitions: the acquisition of a socially acceptable wife, and revenge on the Ashworth family!
In return for him paying off the debts, Morganna became Mrs. Sloan Montgo...

From their first encounter, Cooper Winston has known Hannah Lowe is trouble. On that occasion her smart business brain cost him 15-million dollars! But it hasn't been her mind that's been driving him to distraction ever since.
So when Hannah asks him to pretend they are a couple, Cooper agrees ...

The wedding must go on!
Kara's duties as a wedding organizer were usually restricted to planning the reception, ordering the flowers.... Walking up the aisle had never been part of the deal -- until now!
Jax Montgomery's bride was having second thoughts -- or was it Jax who was getting cold...

Her boss asked her to marry him! Had Erin made the right decision? Gorgeous, wealthy Slater Livingstone had proposed, and she, plain Erin Reynolds, had said no!
As Slater's assistant, Erin was already the equivalent of a corporate wife: she organized his schedule, entertained his clients, kept hi...

Austin Weaver was a most sought-after man. Every company wanted to employ him--every woman wanted to marry him! But there was only one woman Austin wanted as his wife. Paige. He'd loved her, and lost her....
Paige McDermott was shocked to see Austin again. It was seven years since she'd called h...

HIRING MS. RIGHT
Caleb Tanner has a reputation for being a playboy with an aversion to weddings. He's determined not to marry, but he's surrounded by women scheming to get him to the altar! Caleb needs a decoy: a bride on loan....
Sabrina Saunders isn't thrilled about moving in with Caleb. T...

Jake Abbott needs peace and quiet to work on a business investigation: his brother's empty house seems ideal. Except a disturbingly attractive female house-sitter is already in residence! Usually, lake has no time to worry about whether he has food in the fridge, never mind a dinner date! Until now...

MARRIAGE BAIT!
Alex loved her life on the fast track and she wasn't going to let any man, no matter how gorgeous, derail her! But Kane Forrestal was more than just a handsome lawyer: he was standing between Alex and her next career move!
Kane was at the peak of his profession, so why had he sudd...

Webb Copeland had no trouble running a successful business - but, as a gorgeous single father with an adorable fifteen-month-old baby daughter, he did have problems dealing with all the women who seemed determined to marry him! What he needed was to create a diversion: a wife for hire... Janey was ...

His secret baby
Molly desperately needed a job, and she'd prayed for a miracle. She hadn't expected it to take the form of Lucas Hudson! Four years ago, he'd dismissed her feelings for him as infatuation--how could Molly now work for this man?
She would have to swallow her pride and think of ...

The husband inheritance
Deke Oliver was definitely not Danielle's idea of husband material. So it was infuriating that he believed she was trying to manipulate him into marriage. It wasn't her fault their joint inheritance forced them to live under the same roof!
And it was Dehe who refused t...

Finding Mr. Right.
Kit, Susannah, Alison. Single, successful and not searching for husbands -- but love finds them anyway!
Everywhere she looked, there babies, and Alison longed we're for one of her own. She wasn't yearning for wedding bells, though: Alison was happily single -- she simply want...

Finding Mr. Right
Kit, Susannah, Alison--Single, successful and not searching for husbands--but love finds them anyway!
Persuading a millionaire to part with a fortune seemed like mission impossible. Even if it was in the public interest, it was going to be tough--especially as the man in que...

Finding Mr. Right. When Jarrett Webster challenged Kit to organize a charity fund-raiser, a bachelor auction seemed ideal -- with Jarrett as the prize! Bids were sure to flood in, and it'd be blissful revenge for Kit to see Jarrett 'sold' to the highest bidder. That would teach him to tease her abo...

Bride versus Groom! Ridge Coltrain and Morea Landon disagreed about everything! And, being lawyers, they were experts at arguing. Well, they had plenty to argue about now -- wedding arrangements, prenuptial agreement. And the engagement wasn't even for real! Morea's father needed legal advice, but ...

The bachelor and the baby!
Devlin Cunningham could be the luckiest man alive. He has a thriving business, a string of women competing for his attention--and he has Kady Bishop to keep his life in order!
In fact, sometimes Kady has to remind Devlin that she's his accountant, not his wife! Espe...

THEIR PERFECT DIVORCE WAS FALLING APART!
Valentine's Day, the most romantic day of the year. It should have been the first wedding anniversary of Synnamon and Conner Welles -- instead, it was the day their divorce would be finalized! The arrangement was perfectly amicable: no tears, no recrimin...

He'd been offered the deal of a lifetime...
But Keir Saunders needed something extra to really impress his prospective business partners.
He needed the perfect business accessory--a wife!
And who better than his office manager, Jessica? She was smart, beautiful, and would add the finishing...

ALL SHE'D WANTED WAS A BABY...
Nine years ago, Lindsay and Gibb had the perfect marriage. Except for one thing: in Lindsay's mind, only children could make a marriage complete. She loved Gibb and longed to have his baby. But Gibb was wary of being trapped by fatherhood, and their marriage had f...

He wanted her off his property...
Maggie didn't want a man--she wanted her own apartment! But Karr Elliot had bought her beautiful home right from under Maggie's feet.
...And out of his life?
But for someone who was determined to send Maggie packing, Karr had any number of excuses for turning ...

"I want to be Santa," Zack Forrest said, "In fact, I insist on it!"
Brandi was a career woman--with no time for Christmas! So when Zack Forrest appointed himself as children's Santa at her department store, Brandi was furious. Especially as his gorgeous looks were winning him plenty of female ad...

"Her name is... Just call her Mrs. Caine."
Savannah was just a working reporter, trying to get an interview with a famous tycoon....
Dexter Caine was a dynamic, elusive millionaire who liked his privacy and wanted to convince the world he was a happily married man--and one sure way of doing t...

'You won't settle till you have it all. Will you, Dillon?'
A tear dropped on the note. Heidi wiped it off, but it had already stained the lavender paper...
As far as Heidi was concerned, Dillon Archer was trouble! Not only had he wrecked her father's cherished business, he now seemed determ...

It was a clash of wills--who would win?
Jaymie cherished her friend Gretta's mansion and had had a vision for its restoration. It needed to be loved just like Jaymie--and she longed to see it filled once more with laughter, a family, children.
But Simon Nicholas--Gretta's handsome, sophistica...

Together they'd be the perfect family
At least that's what Mack Burgess insists. He thinks he's found the solution to all their problems, but Wendy Miller has her doubts--what about love and commitment? Or would this marriage be just another one of Mack's business deals?
Wendy had turned to h...

"Give that man an inch and he thinks he's a ruler!"
Quinn Randolph was a menace! And he was turning Emily's job-no, make that her life-into a disaster zone. Quinn wasn't simply filling in as cohost on "Kansas City Morning," he was taking over!
It wasn't fair. Okay, Quinn Randolph was drop-dea...

"If you loved me, you'd trust me!"
Did everybody in Hammond's Point know that Spence Greenfield was having an affair with his secretary? Everyone, that is, but Sharley?
Spence's whirlwind courtship had swept Sharley off her feet and she was madly-passionately-in love with him. But that was ...

Irresistible to matchmakers
Rachel's boss has a nephew she thinks would be 'perfect' for her. Her best friend's fiance just 'happens' to have a brother. Complete strangers are getting in on the act. Young, beautiful, single - and happy to stay that way - Rachel Todd is the matchmaker's ultimate ...

"Offer him anything -- but get him back!'
What was Kane playing at? High-powered lawyers don't abandon their careers, their life on the fast track, and take up beachcombing. Kane was up to something. But what?
Alex's mission was to find out--in fact, her career depended on it. And she was the...

Abbey Stafford was a snob
So she wasn't going to sit idly by while her mother made a fool of herself by marrying Frank Granger, the neighborhood handyman!
Ironically, the only one who could help Abbey put a stop to this engagement was her old nemesis, Flynn Granger -- Frank Granger's son.
...

She had seduced her boss! Katharine had exactly dragged Stephen Osborne into her bedroom, of course. Still, she bore the brunt of the responsibility. She had acted on impulse-something she never did. She had paid for the night of madness, though; she had quit before Steven could fire her. After all...

"Don't panic!"
That's what Clancey Kincade kept telling herself. But it's hard not to panic when you have a toy store ready to open and you find out that your lease isn't valid.
She had a new landlord--Rowan McKenna. Unfortunately, he was an unwilling landlord. He wanted Clancey out of there-...

The Bride said, "I will."
The Groom said, "I won't!"
The Wedding was ten years later
Penn Caldwell was back, after ten years of roaming the world. Charming, funny, fascinating Penn Caldwell...He'd been the love of Kaitlyn Ross's youth, but he'd left the town, left her.
So Kaitlyn had built...

However the cookie crumbles...
The closing of the school in Archer's Junction had been a blow to the fiercely proud neighborhood. Now the abandoned building was a disgrace and cookie-store proprietor Heather DeMarco was determined to do something about it.
Cole Dennison, the building's owner,...

"Haven't we had this argument before?"
Matt Garrett had the distinct impression that assistant city editor Anne McKenna didn't approve of him--or of his daily, controversial column. He was right. She didn't.
Anne was furious that Matt had returned to Lakemont to take over the Garrett family n...

A temporary engagement was the perfect solution
When Riley came to Chicago to warn Deborah that her elderly aunt had hired a suave "investment counselor," and worse, was planning to invest the family trust fund in his scam, Deborah decided to announce her engagement.
The terms of the trust p...

There was no way out of it.
"If anybody can get an interview with Reid Cavanaugh, you can," her boss had said.
But Cassidy had stepped out of Reid's life four years before and didn't want to face him now. It was bad enough that she'd be financially indebted to him for years. Nor did she want ...

Marsh Endicott made a big mistake
He assumed that Torey would be pleased to sell him her half share of the house they'd jointly inherited.
"If the girl makes a fuss," he'd said, "I'll just pay rent until the sale goes through." After all, no one in their right mind would trek from the West Co...

Small town life, small-town love, Lauren wanted more. She wanted romance--champagne and flowers romance. And that was what she got when she unexpectedly met her "hero," singer celebrity Hunter Dix. Lauren was so dazzled by Hunter's extravagant gestures, she almost didn't recognize her real hero. Th...

"What happened to falling in love?"
Alisa needn't have waited for Justin Abernethy's answer. As a divorce lawyer, he'd seen too much of romantic love turned sour. When he got married, he was determined it would be a match made with his head, not his heart.
And who was to say it was the wrong ...

Somehow she had managed to survive.
Though it hadn't been easy for Camryn Hastings since her husband's death had left her to bring up their child alone.
The bed-and-breakfast trade she ran from their home provided a reasonable living for herself and Susan - until the bank's representative, ...

Lacey hadn't expected this sudden change
True, she'd always known she was slated to take over running the family hotel sometime. Now, her father's bad health meant it would be sooner rather than later.
The Clinton hotel had a disadvantage--it was old, shabby and wasn't competing with its riva...

She'd sworn never to set foot in Iowa again
Jill Donovan loved big cities and the fast pace, and the prospect of spending her days as the wife of a small-town hardware merchant had never appealed.
Yet her latest modeling assignment took her back to Springhill--to pose on an all-terrain vehicl...

Sara knew Adam wouldn't just go away
Dr. Sara Prentiss had found a haven in Chandler College. The small New England campus offered her the privacy she so badly needed after Guy had broken her heart. And Olivia Reynolds had become the mother Sara longed for.
Then Adam Merrill, the famous myste...

What else could any woman want...?
Kaye loved Graham Forrest--of course she did! The Illinois baby-food tycoon was kind and gentle, he was a millionaire, and he'd asked her to marry him. Everything should have been perfect .. . .
But trouble began when Graham showed no interest in sharing th...

Nate Winslow owed her family a favor
Yet only dire financial straits forced Courtney to contact the elderly family friend. Gratefully she accepted his generous offer to live at Hearthstone, his sumptuous Green Bay home, while she put herself through college.
There, to her dismay, she discove...

She'd share a roof but not a bed!
When Shauna proposed marriage to Dr. Rob Stevens, she envisioned a business arrangement. It would provide a stable home for her young half sister, and would help Dr. Stevens out of a financial bind.
But Rob's agreement to her proposal was conditional on their...

Neither heart nor home were for sale!
Julie did occasionally admit to herself that under different circumstances Greg Robert might have gotten to first base with her. But Julie Gordon wasn't born yesterday!
As the last private homeowner on a Des Moines city block slated for
demolition by the...

He acted as if he were in charge of everything
When Whitney Lattimer arrived in Kansas City, she'd already had it with
Max Townsend. It was his fault she was dog tired. And who did he think he was, anyway, demanding the immediate presence of a Tyler-Royal executive.
But, she had to admit aft...

They had always been "just friends"
Gianna West and Blake Whittaker were senior partners of the successful family-owned Westway Cosmetics in Chicago. It was a perfectly satisfactory relationship -- friends since childhood, they were impervious to all matchmaking attempts.
Until Gianna sugges...

How had life gotten so crazy?
One day Mallory was an efficient small-town home economics teacher, comfortably dating the school principal.
The next she was caught in a mad whirl--juggling two suitors; battling hitherto unknown feelings of jealousy and resentment; watching in faint horror as a...

He was a subject worth investigating
Rebel Barclay, broadcast journalist and community-affairs talk-show host, was accustomed to chasing after stories. From the day Brett Hilliard appeared on her program, however, the tables were turned--now Rebel was the one being pursued.
Brett was a chocol...

Marriage to Tyler was the only solution
After her father's death Brooke Carlisle was left with his failed business, her beloved family manor to maintain and two younger sisters to look after. With only her salary as a librarian she was constantly struggling to make ends meet.
Then Tyler Marsh...

Would they try again, or finally say goodbye?
Stephanie hadn't expected to see Jordan Kendall ever again. In the years since their young marriage had ended in disaster, she had managed to build a career for herself in real estate as well as make a home for her small daughter. Their small daughte...

He had betrayed her when she needed him
Everything! That's what wealthy banker Brittany masters appeared to have--an ideal home, stunning good looks and a rewarding career. Yet she also had a troubled past. Her marriage to lawyer Ryan Masters had failed because of his unfaithfulness, and she ha...

Elizabeth Englin was not the Betsy he remembered
When Grady Logan arrived in Chicago he didn't expect to find a woman managing the prestigious Englin Hotel--certainly not the one woman he remembered with nothing but bitterness.
As for Elizabeth, the last thing she wanted was to see Grady agai...

It was not an easy situation
Kelly Sheridan and Ross Clayton jointly inherited Patrick O'Hara's bookstore. Ross wanted to sell it. Kelly, in need of a job, wanted to reopen it.
Unexpectedly, Ross gave in, but insisted on taking time off his own job to help her get established--arranging a ban...

Her future lay in a romance writer's hands
Shelby had rejected a manuscript only to have it top the New York Times Best Seller list for another publisher. And now her star author wanted to quit. Just like that!
There was only one thing to do -- beg her reluctant romance author to write again...

Had he sacrificed his happiness for her?
Brodie McKenzie had always counted on Drew Hammond to look after her, provide for her and keep her safe. She hated to think that her dependence on Drew had kept him from finding happiness--especially now.
Brodie was facing heartache, and she needed Dre...

Gayle had no illusions about Jared Logan
As his secretary, she'd sent too many flowers to his mistresses on too many "mornings after" not to know what he was really like. And as a woman with a private grief she had no time for romance.
So when Jared suggested she pretend to be his fiancee to ...

She should have run as fast as she could...
Yet, looking back, Devon knew she wouldn't change a thing. Loving Jon Hardesty was worth all her turmoil.
From the day three months ago when circumstances had forced them to share the only available apartment, their lives had become entwined. But wh...

His generosity had a price
Layne had never asked her estranged husband, Kyle Emerson, for any favors since the breakup of their marriage. So when he offered to pay their son's medical expenses, she wondered what she had to give in return.
She soon learned. Kyle wanted her back temporarily, "f...

Could they ever work together?
Chelsea had dreamed of becoming the first female partner at Shelby Harris and Associates the most respected architecture firm in St. Louis And she'd backed up her ambition with long hours and hard work--only to have the senior partners pass over her in favor of an ...

She'd never missed a deadline before...
Lesley assumed she'd be fired from Chi cagc's Today's Woman if her fiance were to sell the magazine to Cade Randall.
Instead, she was forced to sign a contracr guaranteeing she'd stay--a contract that had more to do with her being in Cade's bed than in ...

His proposal was far from flattering
Under the circumstances, Carey had no alternative but to accept Brandon Scott's marriage proposal. Otherwise, her younger sister would find herself out of a job and facing criminal charges.
Brandon arrogantly admitted that he wanted a wife with poise and i...

Time hadn't changed her feelings for Dane
There had always been a peculiarly bitter hatred between Jenny and her stepbrother, Dane Sutherland. She'd so much resented his influence with her father she had run away from home.
Now, five years later, she was back in Iowa, and apparently nothing h...